Title: Explain system resources and their purposes.
Course: Computer Systems Technology I (10002-I) > Section: Examining Personal Computer Hardware

Explanation should include legacy as well as current system resources (e.g., interrupt request [IRQ], input/output [I/O] addresses, direct memory access [DMA] channels).

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why are system resources called "resources"?
- What is DMA? What devices use DMA?
- What are I/O addresses, and why are they important?